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The ACLU is out of line
Boston Globe ^ | March 19, 2005 | Anil Adyanthaya

Posted on 03/19/2005 10:05:34 AM PST by Crackingham

The American Civil Liberties Union has long trumpeted itself as the protector of America's freedoms. But in a bizarre tactical decision, it has decided to abdicate that self-appointed role in exchange for membership in the shrill chorus of Bush administration opponents. The decision to file suit against Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld in connection with the alleged abuse of foreign detainees in Iraq and Afghanistan places the ACLU outside of its stated mission. It also places the group firmly in opposition to an organization -- the US military -- that is actually working for what the ACLU purports to be about -- the protection of American freedoms.

The ACLU says its "job" is to "defend the rights of every man, woman and child in this country" and ''defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to all people in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United States" (emphasis added). Yet, none of the eight plaintiffs for whom the ACLU is providing pro bono representation is either an American citizen or a legal (or illegal) resident of this country. The plaintiffs are all citizens of either Iraq or Afghanistan who were captured by US military forces during the wars being fought in those two countries. How then does this lawsuit advance the cause of American civil liberties?

The ACLU press release touting this "landmark" action does not provide an answer to that question. Instead, the release suggests that the group wants to reestablish itself as the American Public Relations Union. According to ACLU Executive Director Anthony D. Romero, "The effects of Rumsfeld's policies have been devastating both to America's international reputation as a beacon of freedom and democracy, and to the hundreds, even thousands of individuals who have suffered at the hands of US forces."

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: aclu; alqaedadefenseunion
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1 posted on 03/19/2005 10:05:34 AM PST by Crackingham
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To: Crackingham
ACLU = Al Qaeda Defense Union.

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
2 posted on 03/19/2005 10:08:04 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: Jay777

American Communists Leeches Union ping


3 posted on 03/19/2005 10:08:31 AM PST by LNewman
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To: Crackingham

It's time for the President to notice that the ACLU and all it's members and supporters are enemy combatants.


4 posted on 03/19/2005 10:09:01 AM PST by muawiyah
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To: Crackingham
How did this make it into the Boston Globe?

Hope the writer's resume is up to date.

5 posted on 03/19/2005 10:09:13 AM PST by CFC__VRWC
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To: Crackingham

Liberals kill children. Latest victim Lunsford in Florida.


6 posted on 03/19/2005 10:09:15 AM PST by mel
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To: goldstategop
ACLU = Al Qaeda Defense Union.
7 posted on 03/19/2005 10:11:07 AM PST by Maceman (Too nuanced for a bumper sticker)
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To: mel
Liberals push for civil libeties for 9/11 terrorists. Four years after 9/11. Holy New York! I'm surprised they finally got around to it.

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
8 posted on 03/19/2005 10:11:20 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: Crackingham

Your tax dollars at work, folks.


9 posted on 03/19/2005 10:16:47 AM PST by LexBaird ("Democracy can withstand anything but democrats" --Jubal Harshaw (RA Heinlein))
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To: Crackingham

ACLU being out of line is new?

But I do believe that the Boston Globe to notice is first rate news...


10 posted on 03/19/2005 10:18:02 AM PST by Knitting A Conundrum (Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
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To: Crackingham

The ACLU is controlled by Commies and their enablers. That should be obvious to all. They delight in taking away citizens rights while helpers law breakers of all stripes.


11 posted on 03/19/2005 10:20:34 AM PST by hgro
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To: Knitting A Conundrum
the Boston Globe to notice is first rate news..

They are just now realizing the Constitution (the non living-breathing type) and the Bill of Rights protects ALL of us.

12 posted on 03/19/2005 10:22:48 AM PST by tertiary01 (PVS is NOT responding to the surrounding environment. Terri responds!!)
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To: RepCath; Liz; IronJack; Grampa Dave; MeekOneGOP; Iris7; wkdaysoff; ApesForEvolution; EdReform; ...

Ping! Any one out there that has a blog. I am starting a Stop The ACLU Blogburst Thursday. Every Thursday those who want to participate will post articles on their blogs on a particular ACLU topic exposing their radical agenda.

Freepmail me if you want to participate.


13 posted on 03/19/2005 10:23:34 AM PST by Jay777 (My personal blog: www.stoptheaclu.blogspot.com)
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To: All
You can join the fight against the ACLU and their ilk by becoming involved with and supporting the following organizations:

Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) - http://www.alliancedefensefund.org

Thomas More Law Center (TMLC) - http://www.thomasmore.org

American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) - http://www.aclj.org

The Rutherford Institute - http://www.rutherford.org/

Stop the ACLU Coalition - http://www.stoptheaclu.org


Here are a few examples of how two of those organizations are fighting back:

ADF Contacts Over 3,600 School Districts Over Attempts To Censor Christmas

ADF: 700 lawyers ready to fight ACLU lawsuits

ADF: Pentagons' Warning About Boyscouts Is Absurd

Thomas More Law Center: Town of Palm Beach Pays $50,000 In Attorney Fees Apologizes To Women In Nativity Lawsuit


Additional information:

The ACLU must be destroyed: Joseph Farah supports Boy Scouts, urges Americans to fight back

Citizens mobilized to stop ACLU (seeks to consign group to 'ash heap of history')

ACLU fulfilling communist agenda

Revealing FACTS on the ACLU from its own writings

See how YOUR Senator or Representative ranks with the ACLU

This group just started on December 3, 2004 and are looking for new members to their yahoo group


My Personal Anti-ACLU Blog (Check it out and leave a comment!)

Let me know if you would like to join my ACLU Ping List!
14 posted on 03/19/2005 10:24:10 AM PST by Jay777 (My personal blog: www.stoptheaclu.blogspot.com)
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To: Crackingham
"I am for socialism, disarmament, and, ultimately, for abolishing the state itself... I seek the social ownership of property, the abolition of the propertied class, and the sole control of those who produce wealth. Communism is the goal." -- Roger Baldwin founder of the ACLU

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15 posted on 03/19/2005 10:29:48 AM PST by infidel29 ("It is only the warlike power of a civilized people that can give peace to the world."- T. Roosevelt)
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To: Crackingham

ACLU should be moved to subversive organization listing because everything they do undermines this nation!


16 posted on 03/19/2005 10:31:00 AM PST by JesseHousman (Execute Mumia Abu-Jamal Today)
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To: Knitting A Conundrum
But I do believe that the Boston Globe to notice is first rate news...

Ditto that.

17 posted on 03/19/2005 10:34:03 AM PST by Marauder (Socialists are so stupid.)
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To: All

"The ACLU is out of line"

OPINION: Generally speaking, the ACLU is out of line with Christians, with America and with traditional, ethical and moral values.


18 posted on 03/19/2005 10:48:02 AM PST by Cindy
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To: Cindy

these people need to focus on real privacy issues and steer clear of politics for a change


19 posted on 03/19/2005 10:57:35 AM PST by kevin fortuna (people with a cause: sometimes you have to wonder how empty their lives must otherwise be)
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To: Crackingham

But Baldwin and the bunch of prison escapees declared
"Communism is the goal." In the sixties Congress was rightly told they were the "transmission belt to Soviet Communist dictatorship.Their institution of the Fraud
of Separaiton of church and State" is nothing but prosecution of the COmmunist game plan for world domination. Opposition to Bush cannot be outside their
mission -for anything that makes America remember -even
in transition our Christian heritage is an obsticle to their
goal of Communism.


20 posted on 03/19/2005 11:03:29 AM PST by StonyBurk
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